Chun also has another piece of history at stake.
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New Zealand’s Lydia Ko still has significant ground to make up despite surging into the top-15 at the midway point of the Evian Championship in France.
South Korea’s Sung Hyun Park, who shared the overnight lead with Chun, had three bogeys and six birdies in a round of 68 and was tied for second place with Shanshan Feng – China’s only major victor.
Korean Park, a non-member of the LPGA Tour who led during this year’s US Women’s Open where she tied for third, grabbed a share of the lead by sinking a 6m birdie putt at the 18th.
“Before the round, I felt really nervous today. but I could see the putting lines very well and I was so good rolling the ball on those lines”. “That is why majors are more fun and I tend to play better”. They are one stroke behind the leaders. Her score could have been lower if not for a double bogey on the ninth hole.
Chun finished eighth at the Women’s British Open at Woburn and has had top tens in the two most recent LPGA tournaments. “It was a pretty tough hole. I think I made a really good second shot, and then third shot was – because I tried really good to visualize my third shot”.
Ko fared better this time with a 68 but is nine shots off the lead.
The Fulton, Miss., native claimed five Top-10 finishes on the Symetra Tour this season, including four Top-5 showings in her last eight events.
“With how I feel about my shot, I have no problem”, said Park. But she was pleasantly surprised by the weather, a awful forecast turning out to be little more than an early shower of rain.
Teeing off at 7:45 a.m. local time did not work out well for Park.
In-Gee Chun shot a near faultless six-under par 65 to extend her lead going into the final round of the Evian Championship.
She hopes to win the third edition of the Rolex Annika Major Award, which rewards the player with the best combined record at all five majors and is named after 10-time major victor Annika Sorenstam.
The 72-hole record for the women is also 19-under-par, which has been posted on four previous occasions, while the men’s record is 20-under-par, set by Jason Day at the 2015 PGA Championship and Henrik Stenson at the 2016 Open Championship.
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“After the Olympics I went home to China and had a three-week break”.
